Category Archives: Middle Class
How All this Tennessee Talkin’ Made this Boomer Homesick For Davy Crockett
Suddenly Tennessee is all over the media. Expulsions and bannings and shootings, oh my! There hasn’t been so much attention paid to Tennessee since the Davy Crockett craze of the mid-1950s. It’s made me nostalgic for my hand-me-down coonskin cap.
How All this Tennessee Talkin’ Made this Boomer Homesick For Davy Crockett
Suddenly Tennessee is all over the media. Expulsions and bannings and shootings, oh my! There hasn’t been so much attention paid to Tennessee since the Davy Crockett craze of the mid-1950s. It’s made me nostalgic for my hand-me-down coonskin cap.
Imagine Aging Boldly – How My Younger Self Envisioned Me Aging
Buried in a sheaf of old yellowing drawings I did in 1977 as an art student was a selfie of sorts that caught my eye. The assignment given by my teacher at SVA was one I vividly remember. Draw yourself
Imagine Aging Boldly – How My Younger Self Envisioned Me Aging
Buried in a sheaf of old yellowing drawings I did in 1977 as an art student was a selfie of sorts that caught my eye. The assignment given by my teacher at SVA was one I vividly remember. Draw yourself
Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is
Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is
Yet Another Shooting-Three Words We Don’t Need To Hear
Stop The Violence © Sally Edelstein and Envisioning The American Dream, 2023. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used,
Yet Another Shooting-Three Words We Don’t Need To Hear
Stop The Violence © Sally Edelstein and Envisioning The American Dream, 2023. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used,
Aging a Shocking Revelation
I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t
Aging a Shocking Revelation
I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t
Remembering Feminist Pioneer Pat Schroeder
“I have a brain, I have a uterus, and I use both.” Silk Screened on T-shirts and emblazed on thousands of handmade signs carried at countless women’s marches and rallies for decades, this empowering quote is pure Pat Schroeder, the
Remembering Feminist Pioneer Pat Schroeder
“I have a brain, I have a uterus, and I use both.” Silk Screened on T-shirts and emblazed on thousands of handmade signs carried at countless women’s marches and rallies for decades, this empowering quote is pure Pat Schroeder, the
My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On
Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are crispy. And for the past
My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On
Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are crispy. And for the past
Gorgeous Lady Gaga Strips Down at The Oscars
The Oscars seem the last place to ever find authenticity, but there it was on view at Sunday Night’s Academy awards. At a time when we are awash with alternative facts and lies, in a place like Hollywood, notorious for
Gorgeous Lady Gaga Strips Down at The Oscars
The Oscars seem the last place to ever find authenticity, but there it was on view at Sunday Night’s Academy awards. At a time when we are awash with alternative facts and lies, in a place like Hollywood, notorious for
Dizzy Dames
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m
Dizzy Dames
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m
Sometimes Being Rudy is a Drag
“Rudia” is his drag name. With a penchant for platinum blonde wigs, dainty white opera gloves, and frilly pink gowns cut low to show off her ample bosom, this drag queen with the falsetto singing voice was a well-known figure
Sometimes Being Rudy is a Drag
“Rudia” is his drag name. With a penchant for platinum blonde wigs, dainty white opera gloves, and frilly pink gowns cut low to show off her ample bosom, this drag queen with the falsetto singing voice was a well-known figure
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